Vending-machine



E. F. sPAuLmNG. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I4, 1918.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

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VENDING MCHINE.

APPLICATION man DEc.14. 191s.

'Patented 1, 1921.

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E. F. SPAULDING. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED naam', 191s.

UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH F. SPAULDING. OF BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ARTHUR ZIMTBAUM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

vENDTnG-MACHINE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 192.1.

Application led Deceniber 14, 1918:. Serial No. 266,719.

To @ZZ fr/wm t mag/concern! Be it known that I, ELYIJAH -F SPAULoirte, a citizen of the United States, andyresident of Brooklyn, in the county of lungs and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vendci", the articles to dischargev the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a receiver for the coins adapted to canse them'to discharge the articles and arranged in such manner thatr the coins will be discharged Jfrom the receiver by the operation ot the remaining articles in the stack thereof or a weight thereon.

Further objects and characteristics ot my invention and details of construction will be more 'fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanytir-avila 3, wherein- I Figure 1 is a vertical section of a portion et' advending machine embodying my inrention;

Fig. Q, is a view looking from the right hand side of Fig. l, parts being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view illustrating the discharge ot` one article from a stack thereof and the discharge of a coin from its receiver; ,Y e ,A

Fig. 4 is a. sectional detail view illustrating the operation of a washer catcher, parts being omitted;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional detail illustrating a coin retained by a string preventing full return of the coin receiver; A

Fig. 6 is a. sectional detail view illustrating A means e for removing deposited coins from thev machine; 1

Figs. 7 and 8 yare fragmentary sectional views illustratingin detail means for pref venting clogging of the machine with a plurality of coins; y

Fig. 9 is a detail side view of a coin receiver; y

Fig. 10 is a plan View of Fig. 9, and

Fig'. 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of F ig. 10.

l Similar numerals of. .reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

At 1 is indicated a casing of a vending machine containing the magazine or chute 2 to receive stacked articles 3 to be vended. 'lhe magazine is yshown provided with spaced ledgesv 4; at the lower part to sustain the articles 3, with the lower article opposing the opening 5 vat the lower part of the magazine through which the articles may be successively discharged therefrom. A suitable weightl 6 upon the articles serves to aid in causing their descent. The aforesaid parts may be constructed in any well known manner. At 7 is `a plate or wall having a coin slotl 8, which plate is secured to the lower front door 9 of the casing that is pivotally supported in the casing upon a bar 1U.y The upper door 9a is pivotally or removably secured t0 the casing and retained closed by a suitable lock in any well known manner. The plate 7 bears against a stop 11 secured within the casing (Fig. 1) against which the `plate 7 bears when the lower door 9 is closed,and the lower part of the upper door 9Z1 is shown outside of the upper p0rtion of said plate, whereby when the upper door 9a is locked the coin-slot late and lower door 9 will also be locked. f he lower door 9 is shown provided with a coin receptacle 12 having an opening at the upper end below the magazine to receive the coins discharged from the receiver hereinafter described, which receptacle may be secured to the` lower door 9 yin any suitable manner. The arrangement is such that the lower door 9 may be swung outwardly as indicated in Fig. 6, whereby the coins collected in the receptacle 12 may be removed. One or more magazines 2 may be secured within the casing side by side' andv a coin slot 8 is provided for each of said magazines in a well known manner. At 111V is indicated a coin receiver provided with a vertical discharging opening 15 therethrough, there being one of suchl openings for each coin slot located below the; same to receive coins therefrom. Said opening is of greater width than the diameterof a proper coin a, for the machine, andthe receiver is provided with a movable stop 16 which normally is retained by a' spring 17 in such a position that a proper coin will rest between the adjacent edge of said stop and the opposing edge 15 of the opening 15 of the receiver. (Fig. 10). The stop 16 is shown carried by a bar 16a slidably mounted upon' the receiver to move with secured in the receiver 14 and the reduced end of a push rod 19 that may be secured to said receiver by means of a nut 19, (Fig. T he push rod elidable in an opening 20 in door 9 and projects forward in positi on to be pushed Jfor operating the coin receiver. The bar 16a is shown provided with projection 21 to receive one end of the spring 17 the other end of said spring being shown secured to a projection 22 on the receiver 14, whereby the'bar 16a is normally drawn into engagement with one or both stops 18, 19. The normal position of stop 16 is thus retained spaced from stop 15a, and saidstop may be movable laterally with said bar for the discharge of the coin downwardly through the opening 15 of the receiver. `When the receiver is provided with two or more coin receiving openings 15, bar 16a may have a corresponding number of stops 16 spaced from the corresponding stop 15zt with relation to the adjacent opening 15, (Fig. 10). To guide the receiver and prevent it irom't-ilting when operated, said receiver is shown provided with lateral projections 23 at its ends slidable upon ways 24 carried by the lower ldoor 9. (Figs. 2.and 9). The ways 24 may project from the side walls oi`i the receptacle 12 as a convenient means for construction. The position of recciver14 is such that when the coin is lodged in opening. 15 of the receiver and rests at its edges between the corresponding stops 15, 16, the

upper portion of the coin will oppose theV rear opening 2a of the corresponding magazine or chute and the forward portion of the loweimost article 3 in the magazine 'for discharging the article therefrom when the receiver with the coin is pushed inwardly. ai spring 24 connected with lower door 9 and with Vreceiver 14, as to a projection 25 extending from said receiver, serves to restore the receiver `to normal coin-receiving position when the push rod 19 is'released. The forward movement' of the receiver is arrested by a stop 26 secured to plate 27 in suche position that the coin a in the receiver will be brought to rest beneath a stack or" articles, so'that when the lower-most article of thestack has been discharged the said stack will descend upon such coin (Fig. 3)

and discharge it downwardly through the opening 15 of 'receiver 1,4 and release the coin from the stops 15a. 16 to cause the coin 1 to fall below into receptacle 12. Y The weight ot the articles 3 with'th'e Vweight G thereon will'be such as to overcome the action of the spring 17 and permit the discharge from thev receiver of a -coin upon the articles descending `thereon when the previous lowermost article has been ejected from the stack.

ils the articles are ejected from the stack they fall upon plate 27 for delivery into the passageway 28, shown between the curved rear wall 12a of receptacle 12 and the opposing wall 29 secured in casing 1, an outlet at 30. from said passageway being provided be` low the door 9 for discharge of the articles, which may rest against a stop 31 at the lower edges ot the casing, ig. 1). To prevent the insertion of an implement, such as a wire, through the opening 3C- and the passageway 23, for the surreptitious eX- traction of articles from the corresponding magazine, l provide within said passageway one or more bailles 32, 33 on the opposite sides of the passageway. The baille 32 is shown in the :form oi' a plate secured to casing 1 and thebaiile 33 is shown recessed or in the form of a pocket which may be secured to the side walls of the casing` and extended along in iront owall of the receptacle 12. lf a wire be inserted through the opening it will be prevented by one or the other oi' said baiiies from reaching the articles in the magazine, or ii the wire should pass beyond the baille it would be prevented from reaching the articles in the magazine by passing` along the adjacent wall oi casing 1.

To prevent the machine being clogged with succeeding` coins, washers and the lilray I provide a rocking member 34 beneath the correspmiding` coin slot, vwhich member provided with projections 3215*. 34, our above the other, which may be spaced more than the diameter of a proper coin. The inember 34 is pivotally supported at 35 upon a plate 36 below the coin slot. Said plate pivotally supported within the casing to swing relatively to the magazinel with the member 34, there being one such member for each coin slot. l'have shown hooks 37 secured to the magazine within the cas-ingr receiving projections 38 of plate 3G, whereby the latter may hang and be readily removed. A space for the passage or coins is provided between plate 36 and the magazine. A spring 39 interposed between plate 3G and the magazine serves normally to move said plate from the magazine, (Figs. 1 and. The lower portion of plate 36 is shown'provided with ledge 40 which is. downwardly inclined and' inV such a position` that the coins falling from the coin slot to said ledge will be, caused to drop therefrom into the corresponding opening 15 otthe adjacent receiver. In 2 the ledges 40 are shown oppositely inclined to direct the coins to the corresponding spaced openings 15 ofthe receiver from the corresponding coin slots above. The arrangement is such that projection 342L ot member 34 normally is retained across the coin passage c by reason ol its weighted lower portion, whereby when the coin engages said projection it will tilt the member 34, causing said procn i jection to move to one side so that when the coin is in the receiver' the lower projection will be retained and the upper projection 34b of said member will be moved in position to obstruct the passage ot another coin (l. into the receiver. (Figs. 7 and 8). Such succeeding coin will be deliected by projection 34" to pass through space 41 between receptacle lf2 and door 9 to return to the operator through the opening 30. Then the receiver has been operated the coin will pass away from the projection 34 allowing the memberv 34 to move from the position shown in Fig. Fl to the normal position shown in Fig. T tor a succeeding coin. The arrangement described prevents the accumulation ot coins or tokens in the machine.

When the receiver is in normal position the plate 36 is retained in position toward the magazine by means of rocker or bellw-:anlf 4'2"-, shown pivotally supported at 43 upon a Stud or projection 44 extending from the lower door 9, the upper arm oit which rocker is adapted to engage platev 36, lower arno ot which rocker is adapted to be engaged the projection 45 extending from the receiver. (Fig. l). lVhe'n the receiver is pushed forward' the projection 45 will release rocker 42 to permit plate 36 to 'i he pushed laterally by spring and upon the return of the receiver to normal the projection 45 will operate said rocker to tore plate 36 to normal position spaced .ni the magazine. Upon plate 36, tor each coin slot. a washer catcher 4G is pivotallj.V supported at 47, which washer catcher provided with a projection 46, above the corres onding ledge 40, (Fig. 2). The washer catcher is weighted in suchV a manner that the projection 46q normally extends through a hole 4S in plate 36 (Figs. P3 and 4) in position to be engaged by coins *les from the corresponding coin llvhen the coin engages projection 4Ga the latter will be moved to one side to permit passage of the coin, but if a washer b be inserted in the coin slot it will encounter and move projection 46' and the latter. by reas-fm of the weight of the washer catcher. will immediately return and enter the hole in the washer while the latter is bearing against the ledge 40v`v thereby preventing the washer from entering the receiver. lVhen the receiver is next pushed inwardly. the rocker 42 is released, and spring 39 will push plate 36 away from the magazine, carrying the washer catcher along and releasing the washer Z) therefrom, which will j ass through passageway 41 to outlet 30 below. In the normal position of the receiver it is over an inclined wall 12b. which may be a portion of or carried by receptacle l2. the upper end of which extends forwardlv beyond the normal position of the receiver to guide the washers or other tokens to the passageway 4i as well as the'coins that may be stopped upon projection 84" oi member 34, as previously described with regard to Figs. 7 and S. ln case light weight tokens are inserted in the coin slot they will be engaged by the projection 46 of the washer catcher and will be deliected thereby to one side so as not to enter the receiver, and will pass below through the pas sageway 41 to the opening 30.

The' upper edge o1 wall 12b is in such a position below the receiver' as to permit free passage oi the coins while properly in the receiver, but in such a position as to obstruct the return ot' the receiver to normal position in case a coin or token having a string 49 attached be-ins'e'rted in the coin slot and enter the receiver, (Fig. It the coin or token having such a string attached enters the receiver an article 3 may be ejected from the magazine',` but sutlicient length of string from the coin slot down to the receiver must be permitted to enable the receiver to advance to discharge the article, and when the stack of articles dropsV upon such coin or token the latter will be dislodged from be t veen the stops 1G' of the receiver but might be retained by the string projecting partly below the receiver. In such case, when the receiver returns with said coin or token the latter will encounter' the upper edge portion .12b of wall 124 and prevent the restoration of the receiver to normal position. 1f the string be pulled the coin cannot be restored to proper position in the receiver because the lowermost article 3 of the stack will rest upon the coin and prevent it from being pulled upwardly, (Fig. 5).

To prevent the lossF of coins in the machine when the stack of articles to'be deliv ered has been exhausted, I provide a laterally extending projection 6a' from weight` 6, which will oppose a coin sliding down the wall 7a beneath coin slot 8, and will cause said coin to be displaced so that it cannot enter the receiver, but will pass outside of plate 36 and the receiver into passageway 41 to the outlet 30, (Fig. 1). Said projection 6 may be so arranged as to oppose the coin when one or more articles remain in the machine, in cases where it is not desired to vend the last article or articles of the stack, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or said projection 6a may oppose the plate 7 when the last article has been delivered and the Weight'rests upon the ledges 4.

A magnet. 50 (Fig. l) under plate 7 serves to deflect magnetizable tokens to prevent them from enteringr the receiver.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A vending machine comprising a magazine for articles and having a coin slot, a receiver for coins positioned below said slot,

means movably supporting said receiver for discharge of articles from the magazine, and a movable member having spaced projections between the coin slot and the receiver, one of said projections being in position to be engaged by a coin inv its passage to the receiver to tilt said member to present the other projection thereof as an obstruction over the receiver, a coin in thereceiver cooperating with the first named projection to retain the second named projection in the path of coins from the slot to the receiver until the receiver has moved with a coin thereon to release said member, a plate movably supported and pivotally supporting said member and means cooperative between said plate and receiver to retain and release said plate.

2. A vending machine comprising a magazine for articles and having a coin slot, a coinreceiver movably supported to operate relatively to said magazine, a plate movably supported and spaced from the magazine above the receiver to guide coins thereto, a member movably mounted upon said plate and yhaving projections spaced one above another, means normally retaining said member in a position with the lowermost projection thereof in the path otcoins into the receiver and the upper projection out of such path, whereby a coin will encounter said lowermost projection andtilt the member to move its upper projection into the space between said magazine and plate, the

coin in the receiver retaining said upper projection in coin obstructing position until the receiver moves the coin from said member, means movably supporting the receiver whereby a coin therein will be moved from,

3. A vending machine comprising a magazine for articles, a coin receiver operab e relatively to the magazine, a plate movably supported adjacent to the magazine and spaced therefrom providing a space for the passage of coins therebetween, a washer catcher pivotally supported by said plate and having a projection opposing the magazine in said space to co'perate with coins or tokens passing to the receiver to retain washers in said space, means to move the plate with the washer catcher away from the magazine when the receiver is not in coin receiving position to widen the space, and means cooperative between said plate and receiver for restoring the plate to normal position when the receiverreturns to coin receiving position.

v 4. A vending machine comprising a magazine for articles, a coin receiver operable relatively to the magazine, a plate movably supported adjacent to the magazineand spaced therefrom providing a space for the passage of coins therebetween, a washer catcher pivotally supported by said plate, and having a projection to enter said space to coperate with coins or tokens passing to the receiver and to retain washers .in said space, means to move the plate with the washer catcher away from the magazine when the receiver is not in coin receiving position to widen said space, a member movably supported in position separate from the receiver to move'the plate from the magazine and coperative with the coin receiver to be operated thereby when the receiver returns to coin receiving position to move the plate and washer rcatcher toward the ma azine.

igned at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 13th day of December, A, D. 1918.

ELIJAH F. SPAULDING. 

